# IP-filtering doesn't work

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/ip-filtering-doesnt-work/15524>\
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Created:** [September 5, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/ip-filtering-doesnt-work/15524 "2025-09-05T17:57:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![roland.asmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@roland.asmann](https://community.sonatype.com/u/roland.asmann)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/ip-filtering-doesnt-work/15524/1 "2025-09-05T17:57:06Z")

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I’m trying to deny several IPs from downloading from my repo, but using the information from [this article](https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014161874-How-to-Restrict-Access-to-Nexus-Repository-3-by-IP-Address) doesn’t seem to work. I still see the IPs trying to download from the repo. Has the way filtering should be done changed (again)?

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**Author:** ![jboss-04](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/community.sonatype.com/jboss-04/32/985_2.png) [@jboss-04](https://community.sonatype.com/u/jboss-04)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/ip-filtering-doesnt-work/15524/2 "2025-09-08T08:09:35Z")

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You can not prevent users trying to download stuff, but the question is how Nexus handles (and logs) their responses. We use proxy to kill unwanted traffic before reaching Nexus.

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**Author:** ![roland.asmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@roland.asmann](https://community.sonatype.com/u/roland.asmann)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/ip-filtering-doesnt-work/15524/3 "2025-09-08T11:14:06Z")

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Ah, thanks for the info. Guess I’ll have to talk to the network-team then.